Allowing client side customizations

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Richard Paluzzi
, Feb 13 2006 18:51

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Richard Paluzzi

Richard Paluzzi

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Posted 13 February 2006 - 18:51

Hello All,

New to the listing and the technology of windows installer and was hoping someone out there might be able to offer some guidance. Currently our company is in the process of re-writing our install packages, which are presently written with InstallShield 7 and a script based approach, and we’re looking to switch over to a pure windows installer approach. The first big problem I’ve run into is that currently when we deliver packages to our client’s admins, they have the expectation of being able to modify our installs to the point where they can both add extra files and also edit various files we’ve delivered and re-package those changes up in the install before sending it out to their users. In researching the windows installer technology I see the only viable approach seems to be using transform files to generate these changes on top of the msi delivered. My question is two fold: is this the best/only approach with windows installer or is there another route I could go? Any guidance would greatly be appreciated.